Sneezing while eating pellets- should I be concerned?

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- 07/20/2022 at 10:41 PM
  henry2809
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  Hey everyone! My rabbit was eating his pellets tonight and had a sneezing fit. He sneezed about 5-6 times while eating his pellets and then jumped out of his cage. I checked on him and he seemed fine. He ran over to the corner that he usually lays in and flopped over. He didn’t appear to be struggling at all. I offered him a treat after and he ate it like normal. I am worried because I know that bunnies can choke and develop fatal aspiration pneumonia. Would I have noticed more signs of my bunny was choking and aspirated? I also scatter his pellets in hay, so maybe he just got a piece of hay in his nose that made him sneeze? I’m not sure if I need to take him to the vet to get him started on antibiotics for this.
- 07/21/2022 at 8:35 AM
  DanaNM
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  Sometimes buns will get some hay dust in their nose and start sneezing, so I’m guessing that was what happened in this case. Of course I didn’t see what happened, but from your description this doesn’t sound like a choking incident.
  
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  - 07/24/2022 at 9:19 AM
    henry2809
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    Thank you so much! I think you’re right, he probably just got some hay in his nose that made him sneeze. He seems fine today. His nose was damp last night and he was breathing fast, but his nose is dry this morning.
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